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2006: Played in every game as a redshirt freshman inside receiver and drew two starts -- vs. No. 22 TCU, in his first game as a Bear, and at No. 6 Texas ... Averaged 10.8 yards on five receptions for the season ... Caught a career-high two passes for 13 yards vs. Army ... Registered a career-long 19-yard reception vs. Kansas ... Also recorded receptions at Texas (for 14 yards) and vs. No. 22 Texas A&M (eight yards) ... Played 254 snaps to earn first Baylor letter. 2005: Elected to take a redshirt year as a true freshman ... Named to the fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. High School: Deer Park High School, Deer Park, Texas ... Selected one of the state's top 10 tight ends on Texas Football's 2004 Texas Top 300 ... Waco Tribune-Herald Top 100 player ... Caught a team-high 26 passes for 462 yards, an average of 17.8 yards per catch, as a senior with five touchdowns for the 6-4 Deer ... Earned all-district honors in both football and basketball ... 2005 Bayou Bowl participant ... Also played baseball and was a member of the school's track team ... National Honor Society member ... Coached by Chris Massey at the District 23-5A school. Personal: The son of Mike and Sharon Akers, Justin Paul Akers was born Oct. 30, 1986, in Pasadena, Texas ... General studies major. |
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